Folding ironing-table.



W. H. HOLLAND.

FOLDING IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1917.

1,266,468. Patented May 14, 1918.

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25 with the frame to maintain the board in an WILLIAM H. HOLLAND, OFBAGDAD, FLORIDA.

FOLDING IRONING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 14, 1918.

Application fi1ed.September 11, 1917. Serial No. 190,788.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM H. HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bagdad, in the county of Santa Rosa and State of Florida,have invented certain useful Improvements in Folding Ironing-Tables, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates broadly to improvements in that class ofinventions known as laundry and more particularly has reference to afolding ironing table.

As the primary aim and object, the present invention contemplates theprovision of a novel frame, supporting legs being pivotally associatedtherewith for cooperating with the lower part of the frame to supportthe frame in an extended position, novel means being mounted onthe framefor adjustable engagement withthe legs to vary the height of the framewhen in use.

The invention has for an additional object to provide novel meansmounted on an ironing board for removable engagement extended Position.

Still further, the invention embraces the provision of a bosom board,improved means being mounted on the bosom board and en gageable at timeswith the main board for supporting the bosom board in an extendedposition.

It is a more specific object of this invention to mount a clothessupporting board in the frame and to rotatably connect the cross bars ofthe frame to the side bars so as to consequently facilitate swingingmovement of the several boards, the connecting means between the boards,and the legs, to permit of the device being folded into a compact formwhen not in use.

Among the other aims and objects of the present invention maybe recitedthe provision of a device of the character mentioned with a view tocompactness. and in The preferred embodiment of the present invention isclearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aperspective of the invention in an extended form.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken through the device when in afolded condition, and

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the invention in an extended position.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the abovedescribed views,

to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings I providean improved frame embodying side bars 1 maintained in spaced parallelrelation with each other by a lower cross bar 2, an intermediate crossbar 3 and an upper cross bar 4, the reduced ends 5 of the cross bars 2and 4 being journaled in the side bars adjacent to the respective endsthereof while the reduced ends 6. of the intermediate cross bars arejournaled in the side bars and project beyond the outer faces thereoffor a purpose that will presently appear.

In order to removably support the frame in an extended form such asillustrated in Fig. 1 I have pivotally connected the supporting legs 7to the projecting reduced ends of the bars 3 and have rotatably mountedthe reduced ends 8 of a cross bar 9 in the outer ends of the legs. Aconnecting bar 10 has its reduced end 11 mounted in the cross bar 2while the outer end of the connecting bar is provided with alongitudinal series of openings 12 anyone of which are adapted forengagement with a stud 13 formed intermediate the ends of the cross bar9 for maintaining the legs in an adjustable and substantially rigidposition with respect to the frame so that the legs 7 may cooperate withthe lower portions of the side bars which serve as legs and maintain theframe in an upright position. Of course, the height of. the frame may beadjusted by adjusting the connectingbar 10.

As intimated, a main ironing board 14E has been provided. The inner endof the board is rigidly connected to the under surface of the uppercross bar 4 and in order to removably maintain the. board in an extendedposition a rod 15 is pivotally mounted on the under surface of the boardby a suitable fastening device 16. When in a folded cend t e the 1:99 isa pted; t be an ranged approximatelylongitudinally of the board but whenit is desired to place the board in an extended position the board israised to permit of the rounded ends 17 to be swung transversely of theboard so that the said rounded ends will project therefrom and bereceivable in slots 18 formed in the side pieces. As is apparent thisrod cooperates with the upper cross bar 4: in removably maintaining themain board in an extended posit-ion.

A bosom board 19 has its inner end mounted in a recess 20 in therotatably mounted cross piece 20 in the side bars while a supportingblock 21 is hinged to the under surface intermediate the ends and whenplacing the table in an extended position the under surface of the blockis engageable with the upper surface of the main board 14, when thelatter is extended, so as to be supported in a plane approximatelyparallel and spaced from the plane of the main board. For the purpose ofsupporting clothes, a clothes supporting board 22 has its inner endrigidly connected to the under surface of the intermediate cross bar 3while flexible connecting means, in the present instance consisting of achain 23, has the respective ends connected to the inner end of the mainboard 14 and to the outer end of the clothes supporting board 22 formaintaining the clothes supporting board in substantially parallelspaced relation to the main board when the device is in an extendedposition.

When it is desired to place the board in an extended position as shownin Fig. 1, assuming that the parts have been assembled in the mannerdescribed, the legs which are normally arranged exteriorly of the lowerportions of the side bars are swung upwardly and the connecting bar ismoved downwardly so, that the desired opening 12 may be arranged aboutthe stud 13 so as to support the frame in an upright position. The board14 which is carried by the rotatably mounted cross bar 4 is swungupwardly and the rod 15 is swung toa position transversely of the undersurface thereof whereupon the board is released to permit of the roundedends 17 engaging the slots 18 in the side bars. Owing to the rotatablemounting of the cross bar 3 the clothes board 22 of course, will dropuntil the downward movement is limited by the chain, the latter servingto maintain it in the position illustrated in Fig. 1. In using the bosomboard 19 the outer end thereof is engaged and swung upwardly to permitof the block 21 being swung downwardly whereupon the board is lowered sothat the lower edge of the block will contact with the upper edge of theboard and cooperate with the rotatably mounted cross piece inmaintaining the same in the position shown.

Of course, when the main board is being used the bosom board is swungrearwardly so as not to interfere with the person who is using thedevice. Obviously, in collapsing the table it is only necessary toreverse the operation described. 7

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of myinvention and that various minor changes in detail of construction,proportion and arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope ofthe appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto se cure by Letters-Patent is 1. An ironing table including a frameembodying side bars and a plurality of cross bars rotatably mounted inthe side bars, the reduced extremities of the intermediate cross barprojecting through the side bars, legs pivotally mounted on the reducedextremities, a cross bar rotatably mounted between the outer ends of thelegs, a connecting bar carried by the lower cross bar and ad justablyengageable with the cross bar of the legs for maintaining the frame inan extended form, an ironing board carried by the upper cross bar, andmeans adjustably mounted on the under surface of the board andengageable with the sidebars of the frame or removably maintaining theboard in an extended position.

2. An ironing table including a frame embodying side bars and cross barsthe reduced ends of which are rotatably mounted in the side bars atuniformly spaced intervals while the reduced ends of the intermediatecross bar project through the side bars, legs pivotally mounted on theprojecting reduced ends of the intermediate cross bar, another cross barhaving the reduced ends rotatably mounted in the legs adjacent the outerends thereof, a stud carried by the cross bar between the legs, aconnecting rod having one end rigidly mounted in the lower cross bar inthe frame and the opposite end provided with a plurality of openings 115for removable engagement withthe stud to removably and adjustablymaintain the frame in an extended position, an ironing board having oneend rigidly connected to the upper cross bar in the frame, and a sup- 12porting rod pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on the under surfaceof the ironing board and adapted to be swung transversely thereof sothat the projecting ends engage the upper surface of the side bars formain 125 taining the ironing board in an extended position,

3. An ironing table including a frame embodying side bars and cross barsthe reduced ends of which are rotatably mounted 180 in the side bars atuniformly spaced inter vals While the reduced ends of the intermediatecross bar project through the side bars, legs pivotally mounted on theprojecting reduced ends of the intermediate cross bar, another cross barhaving the reduced ends rotatably mounted in the legs adjacent the outerends thereof, a stud carried by the cross bar between the legs,aconnecting rod having one end rigidly mounted in the loWer cross bar inthe frame and the opposite end provided with a plurality of openings forremovable engagement With the stud to removably and adjustably maintainthe frame in an extended position, an ironing board having one endrigidly connected to the upper cross bar in the frame, a bosom boardsvvingingly mounted between the upper ends of the frame above theironing board, means mounted on the under surface of the bosom board andcooperating With the upper surface of the ironing board at times formaintaining the bosom board in an extended position, a clothessupporting board carried by the intermediate cross bar in the frame, andflexible means connecting the outer end of the clothes support ing boardwith the inner end of the ironing board for supporting the clothessupporting board in an extended position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM H. HOLLAND.

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